It has been another fun year at Eastern Maine Sports. Some of the top stories include a brother and sister earning athlete of the week honors the same week, a basketball team winning their fifth straight state title, another winning their first gold ball since 1991.
Bucksport softball won their third state title in four years, while Maine women’s basketball defeated a SEC team and an ACC team in the early 2015/2016 season.
Here is a look at our top five stories for 2015.
- Washburn wins fifth straight class D girls basketball state championshipBANGOR—Record are made to be broken. Mackenzie Worcester and the Washburn Beavers broke two at the Cross Center Center on Saturday afternoon.
Worcester scored 37 points to lead the Beavers to a 60-54 victory over the Rangeley Lakers in the Maine Principals’ Association class D girls basketball state championship game.
It is the seventh state title for Washburn, and the fifth straight. They are the first girls basketball team to win five in a row. The Valley boys team won six straight from 1998 through 2003.
“I do not even know if I can correctly describe it. This is an incredible feeling, to be able to work with girls through my whole four years of high school that are willing to put in the extra time,” Worcester said. “Not just practice time, but before school, after school, they are always willing to work hard.”
- Kolleen and Kyle Bouchard earn AOW honors the same week.
Kolleen Bouchard- Houlton- basketball- recorded 19 points, seven rebounds, and six assists in 70-27 win over Fort Kent. Recorded 23 points, eight assists, and three rebounds in 67-32 win over Schenck. Scored 16 points in 76-20 win over Lee Academy. Recorded 26 points, eight rebounds, and six blocks in 54-26 win over Mattanawcook. Click here for the full article.
Kyle Bouchard- Houlton- basketball- recorded 27 points, 14 rebounds, and eight assists in 78-44 win over Fort Kent. Recorded 27 points, 12 rebounds, and six assists in 68-53 win over Schenck. Scored 28 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 85-41 win over Mattanawcook. Click here for the full article.
Kyle Bouchard finished his high school career with four athlete of the week honors. Kolleen Bouchard currently a sophmore at Houlton High school earned her third athlete of the week in December 2015.
3. Bucksport rolls to win over Telstar to capture third state title in four years
BREWER- Not many would argue that the Bucksport Bucks are the most dominant program in class C softball. The Bucks made another statement to that claim on Saturday afternoon at Coffin field.
Bucksport (19-1) racked up 16 hits and rolled to a 9-4 victory over Telstar in the class C state championship game.
The Rebels took advantage of three Bucks errors to take an early 2-0 lead. Bucksport wasn’t having a problem getting base runners in the first two innings, they were having an issue getting those runners home. The Bucks left five runners on base through the first two innings.
That all changed in the bottom of the third inning when Sami Goode, Kim Nason, and Makenzie Smith all had run scoring hits. That trio hits at the bottom of coach Mike Carrier’s batting order.
“We had people in scoring position every inning, eventually we knew it was going to break loose,”Carrier said. “It was going to happen for us, we are going to get that key hit.”
4. Houlton girls basketball wins first state title since 1991
BANGOR— The Houlton Shiretowners used a balanced attack to defeat the Maranacook Black Bears 59-51 in the Maine Principals’ Association class C girls basketball state championship on Saturday evening at the Cross Insurance Center.
Houlton (21-2) had four players finish in double figures as they captured the first girls basketball state title for the Shiretowners since 1991. They do not have any seniors on the roster, and they only have four juniors.
“It was our goal, we have talked about since we were little. In the locker room, coach talked about how we were talking about this since we were in like second grade,”freshman Kolleen Bouchard said. “He (coach) said at the start of the season, we never said it, but we knew we could get this far.”
Junior Natalie Hill added, “It feels great, we have been a great team since third grade. We have had the same core girls, we have been waiting for this all of our lives, this feels so awesome.”
5. University of Maine women’s basketball pick up early season victories over SEC and ACC opponents.
Black Bears defeat LSU
Estero, Florida- The Maine women’s basketball team was able to get a fifth place finish in the annual Gulf Coast Showcase on Sunday afternoon by defeating the LSU Tigers from the SEC by a 52-41 score at Germain Arena.
Chantelle Charles led the way with 14 points for the Black Bears. Charles also hauled down 2 rebounds and dished out 3 assists. Liz Wood chipped in with 12 points and 9 rebounds and Mikaela Gustafsson had 9 points and 6 rebounds.
Black Bears roll to win over Clemson
Bangor- The University of Maine Women’s basketball team continued to impress on Friday evening, putting three players in double digit scoring, and rolling to an easy 75-42 win over Atlantic Coast Conference member Clemson at the Cross Insurance Center.
